EP2109387B1 - Infusion device to prepare beverages from single-serving capsules with capsule centering device - Google Patents

Infusion device to prepare beverages from single-serving capsules with capsule centering device Download PDF

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EP2109387B1
EP2109387B1 EP08738414A EP08738414A EP2109387B1 EP 2109387 B1 EP2109387 B1 EP 2109387B1 EP 08738414 A EP08738414 A EP 08738414A EP 08738414 A EP08738414 A EP 08738414A EP 2109387 B1 EP2109387 B1 EP 2109387B1
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    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A47—FURNITURE; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
    • A47J—KITCHEN EQUIPMENT; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; APPARATUS FOR MAKING BEVERAGES
    • A47J31/00—Apparatus for making beverages
    • A47J31/24—Coffee-making apparatus in which hot water is passed through the filter under pressure, i.e. in which the coffee grounds are extracted under pressure
    • A47J31/34—Coffee-making apparatus in which hot water is passed through the filter under pressure, i.e. in which the coffee grounds are extracted under pressure with hot water under liquid pressure
    • A47J31/36—Coffee-making apparatus in which hot water is passed through the filter under pressure, i.e. in which the coffee grounds are extracted under pressure with hot water under liquid pressure with mechanical pressure-producing means
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A47—FURNITURE; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
    • A47J—KITCHEN EQUIPMENT; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; APPARATUS FOR MAKING BEVERAGES
    • A47J31/00—Apparatus for making beverages
    • A47J31/24—Coffee-making apparatus in which hot water is passed through the filter under pressure, i.e. in which the coffee grounds are extracted under pressure
    • A47J31/34—Coffee-making apparatus in which hot water is passed through the filter under pressure, i.e. in which the coffee grounds are extracted under pressure with hot water under liquid pressure
    • A47J31/36—Coffee-making apparatus in which hot water is passed through the filter under pressure, i.e. in which the coffee grounds are extracted under pressure with hot water under liquid pressure with mechanical pressure-producing means
    • A47J31/3604—Coffee-making apparatus in which hot water is passed through the filter under pressure, i.e. in which the coffee grounds are extracted under pressure with hot water under liquid pressure with mechanical pressure-producing means with a mechanism arranged to move the brewing chamber between loading, infusing and ejecting stations
    • A47J31/3623—Cartridges being employed
    • A47J31/3628—Perforating means therefor
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A47—FURNITURE; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
    • A47J—KITCHEN EQUIPMENT; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; APPARATUS FOR MAKING BEVERAGES
    • A47J31/00—Apparatus for making beverages
    • A47J31/24—Coffee-making apparatus in which hot water is passed through the filter under pressure, i.e. in which the coffee grounds are extracted under pressure
    • A47J31/34—Coffee-making apparatus in which hot water is passed through the filter under pressure, i.e. in which the coffee grounds are extracted under pressure with hot water under liquid pressure
    • A47J31/36—Coffee-making apparatus in which hot water is passed through the filter under pressure, i.e. in which the coffee grounds are extracted under pressure with hot water under liquid pressure with mechanical pressure-producing means
    • A47J31/3604—Coffee-making apparatus in which hot water is passed through the filter under pressure, i.e. in which the coffee grounds are extracted under pressure with hot water under liquid pressure with mechanical pressure-producing means with a mechanism arranged to move the brewing chamber between loading, infusing and ejecting stations
    • A47J31/3623—Cartridges being employed
    • A47J31/3633—Means to perform transfer from a loading position to an infusing position
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A47—FURNITURE; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
    • A47J—KITCHEN EQUIPMENT; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; APPARATUS FOR MAKING BEVERAGES
    • A47J31/00—Apparatus for making beverages
    • A47J31/44—Parts or details or accessories of beverage-making apparatus

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  • the present invention relates to an infusion device for preparing beverages or other food products from capsules, in particular from single-serving capsules.
  • the present invention relates to an infusion device for preparing coffee or other hot beverages by extracting or diluting substances contained in single-serving capsules.
  • capsule is intended as any type of sachet, cartridge, pod or the like, usually in the form of single-serving or single-dose, suitable for use in this type of machine.
  • the capsules can be sealed, to be perforated with a suitable perforator, or also provided with a pervious, i.e. water permeable, wall, which does not require perforation.
  • Sachets produced, for example, in nonwoven or other permeable material, also known in the art as pods, are also covered by the term capsule.
  • One of the problems occurring in the production of devices for extracting beverages or other food products from single-serving capsules is constituted by the need to position the capsule between two parts or portions of an infusion unit, which must close to retain the capsule therewithin, defining an infusion chamber through which hot water is made to flow and from which the food product is delivered.
  • EP-A-1444932 describes an infusion device to prepare hot beverages from pods or capsules, provided with an infusion chamber formed of two portions movable with respect to each other by a translational movement. A member is positioned between the two portions of the infusion chamber to temporarily retain the capsules which are inserted between the open portions of the infusion chamber with a movement substantially orthogonal to the axis of the infusion chamber. This device is particularly complex and therefore costly.
  • EP-A-1495702 describes a similar infusion device with an infusion chamber in two portions movable with respect to each other along a substantially horizontal direction, parallel to the axis of the infusion chamber. Between the two portions of the infusion chamber in the open position, a capsule is inserted, dropped by gravity and then retained in a temporary position. When the portions defining the infusion chamber are moved towards each other this causes insertion of the capsule in the chamber in the position for infusion and closing of said chamber. The movement to close the two portions of the infusion chamber also causes the capsule to be positioned suitably for subsequent unloading after dispensing of the beverage.
  • US-A-5755149 describes an infusion device with two portions defining an infusion chamber, one of which is produced integral with a boiler.
  • the single-serving capsule is inserted using a vertical guide between the two portions, which are movable with respect to each other in a horizontal direction.
  • Lower supporting means retain the capsule in the correct position to allow closing of the portions defining the infusion chamber.
  • EP-A-1219217 describes a further infusion device with a chamber formed of two portions movable with respect to each other along a horizontal axis.
  • a vertical guide allows the individual capsules to be inserted by gravity into the open space between the two portions of the infusion chamber.
  • the capsule is housed in a seat which takes a sloped position.
  • US-A-5776527 describes another infusion unit with an infusion chamber in two portions movable with respect to each other along a horizontal direction. When the two portions are spaced apart, a single serving capsule is placed therebetween and is retained by two guide and support elements until the two portions of the infusion chamber are closed to perform delivery of the hot water.
  • US-A-6,079,315 describes an infusion device, in which a portion of the infusion chamber houses a support for the capsule.
  • the support is elastically stressed in a partially extracted position with respect to the seat defined by the portion of the infusion chamber.
  • under the support there is disposed a compression spring that surrounds a perforator.
  • the perforator is coaxial with the capsule support.
  • One of the critical aspects in the preparation of beverages from single-serving capsules is represented by controlling the pressure of the infusion liquid, typically hot water, inside the capsule.
  • the pressure of the hot water inside the capsule is relatively high.
  • Incorrect perforation of the capsule due, for example, to misalignment between capsule and perforator, causes an unwanted drop in the pressure of the liquid in the capsule.
  • the capsule is sloping with respect to the perforator, the latter produces an elliptical hole with a larger cross section than the maximum section of the perforator.
  • the infusion chamber includes a cup-shaped capsule-receiving element, which as an open bottom. Said cup-shaped element is acted upon by a helical spring and is axially movable with respect to a seat provided in the infusion chamber.
  • the infusion chamber is closed by moving the lower portion of the infusion chamber towards and against an upper piston. The piston acts upon the capsule and the capsule receiving element. The latter is pushed against the resilient action of the spring against perforators arranged in the bottom of said seat.
  • the cup-shaped capsule receiving element In the closed infusion position the cup-shaped capsule receiving element is partly inside and partly outside the seat and the annular flange of the capsule is pressed between a disk carried by the piston and the annular front edge of said capsule receiving element.
  • the infusion chamber is opened and the capsule receiving element is lifted under the action of the spring.
  • the capsule remains entirely housed in the capsule receiving element, with its annular flange placed against the annular edge of said capsule receiving element.
  • An object of the present invention is to provide a new infusion device with an infusion chamber defined by two portions movable with respect to each other and a system that allows improved alignment of the capsule with respect to the perforator or perforators and easier capsule removal after brewing.
  • the invention provides for an infusion device to prepare a food product from capsules, comprising: an infusion chamber with a first portion and a second portion, movable with respect to each other, a first of said portions defining a seat for said capsules; at least one perforator disposed in said seat; a first duct, to feed an infusion fluid into said chamber; a second duct, to deliver the food product from said infusion chamber; a capsule centering member, housed in said seat and elastically movable in an axial direction and provided with a guide and centering surface of the capsules.
  • the centering member is elastically stressed to partially project from said seat when the infusion chamber is open.
  • Closing of the infusion chamber causes a retraction movement of said centering member towards the inside of said seat, such that, when the infusion chamber is closed with a capsule therewithin, said centering member is completely inserted inside said seat and set back with respect to said edge.
  • the centering and guide member ensures that the perforator or perforators and the capsule move with a movement as parallel as possible to the axis of the infusion chamber, i.e. parallel to the direction of the closing movement of the infusion chamber. In this way optimal perforation of the base of the capsule is obtained, preventing drops in pressure inside the capsules and leakage of the beverage.
  • the centering and guide member also ensures that the capsule is pushed outside the seat in the infusion chamber, such that it can easily be ejected from the infusion chamber once the infusion or brewing cycle has been completed.
  • the arrangement is preferably such that the outer diameter of the centering and guide member is smaller than the outer diameter of a capsule flange. In such way the capsule can easily be removed from the infusion chamber by a capsule-retention member, which engages the flange of the capsule once the capsule has been pushed partly outside the seat of the infusion chamber by the elastic force acting on the centering and guide member.
  • the guide surface is conical, converging towards the base of the seat.
  • the centering member has an annular shape open towards the base of the seat in which it is slidingly housed.
  • one or more perforators are housed, around which and beyond which there extends an annular seat, inside which an elastic member can be housed, such as a compression spring, which acts on the centering and guide member of the capsule, to make it project towards the outside of the seat.
  • the centering member is produced in one piece and can be stressed by one or more elastic members, such as one or more springs.
  • the centering member can be produced in several portions, each of which can be stressed by one or more elastic members, such as one or more compression springs.
  • the centering member can be formed by four sectors of a ring, constrained to one another or movable separately from one another, stressed by respective springs or other elastic members.
  • the centering member has an outer edge facing towards the second portion of the infusion chamber and an inner edge, surrounding a block inside the seat of the first portion of the infusion chamber, at least one perforator being disposed on said block.
  • the perforator can be constituted by an open tip, i.e. provided with a channel for passage of the beverage (typically coffee) which is produce using the capsule.
  • a multiple perforator for example constituted by a plurality of perforation tips advantageously provided with respective holes for delivery of the beverage.
  • a plurality of perforators or perforation tips of the bottom of the capsule are provided. These perforation tips can be produced on a plate or carried by a plate mounted on a base around which the sliding seat of the centering and guide member is arranged.
  • the top surface of the capsule can also be perforable using one or more perforators.
  • This perforator or these perforators can be associated with an apertured sliding member, such as a disk, which presses the capsule elastically against the base of the seat in which the centering and guide member is slidingly housed.
  • the disk is also used to release the capsule from the perforator or perforators of the top surface of said capsule.
  • the centering member comprises at least one guide surface sliding on a complementary guide surface integral with the first portion of the infusion chamber, said guide surfaces extending substantially parallel to a direction of perforation.
  • the complimentary guide surface can be constituted by one or other or both of the cylindrical surfaces of a seat with an annular section inside which the centering and guide member slides.
  • the seat surrounds a base in which, for example, there is formed a duct to draw or discharge the beverage produced by the capsule and on which one or a plurality of perforation tips can be mounted.
  • the second portion of the infusion chamber is associated with two opposite and openable movable elements, comprising guide channels to insert and retain a capsule in a space between the first and the second portion of the infusion chamber when said first and second portion are in the open position.
  • the movable elements can have surfaces, teeth, bosses or other elements to engage the capsule to facilitate extraction from the infusion chamber and unloading after infusion.
  • the same centering and guide member elastically stressed to project from the seat of the first portion of the infusion chamber, pushes the capsule towards the outside and, advantageously having a conical surface, causes the capsule to be dropped by gravity.
  • the capsule has a conical outer surface with a small opening angle and consequently the centering and guide element also has a conical surface with a small opening angle, dropping or in any case extraction of the capsule can be facilitated by the movable elements, suitably shaped for this purpose to grip the capsule, preferably at the flange.
  • the invention also relates to a coffee machine comprising an infusion device of the aforesaid type.
  • the accompanying drawing illustrates a device according to the invention in a possible embodiment and limited to the elements required for the understanding of the invention, it being understood that this device can be inserted inside a more complex machine, for example a coffee machine provided with further elements known per se and not shown, such as a boiler, a hot water feed pump, a dispensing spout for the coffee, etc..
  • the numeral 1 indicates, generically and as a whole, the infusion device, which comprises a first portion 5 and a second portion 3 of an infusion chamber.
  • the two portions 3 and 5 are movable with respect to each other according to a direction substantially parallel to the axis A-A of the infusion chamber.
  • the axis A-A has a substantially horizontal orientation.
  • the portion 5 is fixed with respect to a load-bearing structure, while the portion 3 is movable, but it must be understood that the arrangement could be inverted, with the portion 5 movable and the portion 3 fixed or both portions could be movable with respect to a load-bearing structure.
  • the reciprocal closing and opening movement of the portions 3 and 5 of the infusion chamber is obtained with a lever mechanism 7, 9.
  • the rods 7 of the lever mechanism are hinged in 11 to the portion 3 and are hinged to each other in 12, while in 13 there is connected a motor shaft, an actuating lever or other opening or closing mechanism, not shown.
  • the second portion 3 of the infusion chamber is associated with a guide member for the capsules, indicated with C, which comprises two elements 15 movable with respect to each other with a reciprocal opening movement, as will be explained hereunder.
  • the elements 15 have a flat or laminar extension and are constrained to the portion 3 of the infusion chamber.
  • each of the elements 15 has a first channel 17 into which the flange of the capsules C is inserted, as will be explained hereunder. Said channels 17 form a guide member for insertion of the capsules C into the infusion unit.
  • the channels 17 of the two elements 15 have a substantially vertical extension up to under the axis A-A of the infusion chamber, where they terminate with a stop 17A ( Figure 4 ) against which the flange F of the capsule C inserted in the space between the portions 3, 5 of the infusion chamber rests when said chamber is in the open position (i.e. in the layout in Figures 1 to 4 ) to receive a new capsule.
  • the numeral 17B indicates a guide bevel to facilitate entry of the flange F of the capsule C in the mouth of the channel 17.
  • Extending behind the channels 17 are surfaces 19 to engage the flange F of the capsule, to facilitate its extraction from the seat 25 of the portion 3 of the infusion chamber, as will be explained hereunder.
  • each of the elements 15 Adjacent to the channels 17, on the opposite side with respect to the teeth or surfaces 19, each of the elements 15 has sloping surfaces 21, intended to cooperate with corresponding bevels or sloping surfaces 23 provided on the first portion 5 of the infusion chamber. Orientation of the sloping surfaces 21 and 23 is such that reciprocal movement of the portions 3, 5 of the infusion chamber towards each other during the closing movement thereof (arrow f3, Figure 2 ) causes a reciprocal opening movement of the guide elements 15 of the capsule.
  • the elasticity of the elements 15 ensures that when the infusion chamber is opened they return to the original position shown in Figures 1 to 4 , i.e. parallel to each other.
  • the purpose of this opening movement is to release the capsule inside the infusion chamber during closing thereof and to extract the capsule after infusion to cause it to be unloaded downwards.
  • the first portion 5 of the infusion chamber defines a seat or compartment 25, inside which the capsule C is inserted.
  • a perforator 27 comprising a plurality of open perforation tips 27A, i.e. with a hole that opens in the front part of the tips and is in fluid connection with a duct or channel 29 for delivery of the coffee or other beverage the capsule C is intended to prepare.
  • the perforator 27 is therefore in connection with a duct 29 for delivery of the beverage, in turn in fluid connection with a dispensing spout (not shown).
  • the tips 27A in substance form a plurality of perforators and are provided on a plate 30 clamped on a base 32 integral with the portion 5 of the infusion chamber. Between the plate 30 and the base 32 a channel 34 is provided that collects the coffee or other beverage delivered from the capsule C during infusion, through the perforators or tips 27A and conveys it towards the delivery duct 29.
  • the base 34 is surrounded by a seat or annular cavity 36 delimited by two walls substantially cylindrical and coaxial with the axis A-A.
  • the numeral 36A indicates the base of the seat 36. Resting against this base is a compression spring 28 retained between the base 36A and a centering member 40, the function of which is to center and guide the capsules C with respect to the seat 25 and to the perforators 27A, so that the capsules C are guided with a movement as parallel as possible to the axis A-A of the infusion chamber and consequently to the axis of the perforator(s) 27, 27A.
  • the centering and guide member 40 has a frustum-conical shaped inner surface 40A, the shape of which is substantially the same as the shape of a corresponding frustum-conical shaped outer wall of the capsule C.
  • the capsules C are in this way correctly positioned and guided during the step to close the infusion chamber and consequently to perforate the base of said capsules by means of the perforation tips 27A.
  • the centering and guide member 40 is elastically stressed to enter the seat 25 of the first portion 5 of the infusion chamber when the two portions 3, 5 close against each other, the movement of the centering and guide member 40 causing a compression of the spring 38.
  • the centering member has a substantially cylindrical outer surface that slides along the outermost cylindrical surface of the annular seat 36 and an inner surface, also cylindrical, coaxial with the outer surface and joined to the frustum-conical shaped surface 40A, of which it constitutes the extension towards the base of the seat 25 of the portion 5 of the infusion chamber.
  • the centering and guide member 40 is as a whole annular in shape, open at the front and rear to allow on one side entry of the capsule C and on the other penetration of the base 32 and of the plate 30 with the perforation tips 27A.
  • the centering member 40 is made in the form of a single annular body, stressed by a single elastic compression spring 38.
  • the centering member 40 can be made in two or more portions or sectors. For example, it can be divided into two specular portions according to a plane containing the axis of the infusion chamber, or into three portions or sectors, separated by radial planes spaced at 120° from one another, or again into four portions separated by planes at 90°.
  • each portion or sector is preferably elastically stressed by a compression spring or by two or more compression springs.
  • the mouth of the compartment or seat 25 is surrounded by an annular shaped stop or pressure surface 33 forming the end part of the cylindrical wall delimiting the seat 25 and surrounding the base 32.
  • the stop or pressure surface 33 is designed and positioned to cooperated with an annular flange F of the capsule C when the infusion chamber formed by the portions 3, 5 is closed.
  • the flange F of the capsule C is pressed against the annular surface 33 by an opposite front surface of a disk 35 housed in the portion 3 of the infusion chamber when the infusion chamber is closed.
  • the annular front edge of the centering and guide member 40 projects, with respect to the annular edge or surface 33, from the seat 25 towards the portion 3 of the infusion chamber.
  • the portion 3 of the infusion chamber substantially has a movable element 37 housed slidingly inside which is the disk 35, which is stressed elastically by a spring 41 towards an idle position illustrated in Figures 2 and 4 .
  • the slider or disk 35 is slidable in a direction parallel to the axis A-A of the infusion chamber and has a plurality of through holes 43 through which corresponding perforators 45 can project in fluid connection, through a channel 47, with a feed duct of pressurized water coming from a boiler, not shown.
  • the capsule C containing the raw material for preparation of said beverage is inserted in the device from above according to the arrow fC ( Figure 4 ). Insertion can take place manually, or automatically or semi-automatically, for example from a magazine or loading device above, not shown.
  • the capsule C is inserted so that the flange F thereof is guided inside the opposite channels 17 provided in the movable elements 15 of the guide member.
  • the guide bevels 17B facilitate insertion of the capsule.
  • the capsule is disposed with the substantially frustum-conical shaped body thereof (in the example illustrated) in front of the centering and guide member 40 housed in the seat 25 of the portion 5 of the infusion chamber.
  • the chamber 3 5 is closed by reciprocally moving the two portions 3, 5 towards each other.
  • the portion 5 can be fixed on a load-bearing structure, while the portion 3 is movable by means of the lever mechanism 7, 9.
  • Figures 5 to 8 show, in sections equivalent to those in Figure 2 , the reciprocal position of the portions 3, 5 of the infusion chamber in the gradual movement towards each other to close.
  • the capsule C With this movement the capsule C is inserted in the truncated-cone shaped guide portion 40A of the centering and guide member 40.
  • the truncated-cone shaped surface of the capsule C is centered with respect to the portion 5 of the infusion chamber due to the complementary truncated-cone shaped surface 40A and, continuing the closing moment of the portions 3 and 5, the centering and closing member is gradually pushed towards the inside of the seat 25, compressing the spring 38.
  • the movable elements 15 open gradually as a result of the thrust exerted by the sloping surfaces 23 of the elements of the fixed portion 5 of the infusion chamber on the sloping surfaces 21 of said elements 15.
  • the flange F of the capsule C has been completely released by the channels 17 of the movable elements 15 and is compressed between the annular front wall 33 and the disk 35.
  • Said disk 35 has been retracted as a result of the thrust exerted by the fixed portion 5 of the infusion chamber, compressing the spring 41.
  • the perforators 45 pass through the holes 43 in the disk 35 and perforate the front surface (surrounded by the flange F) of the capsule.
  • the withdrawing movement of the centering and guide member 40 causes the base of the capsule C to move against the plate 30, so that the perforation tips 27A perforate the base of said capsule.
  • the centering and guide member 40 with the truncated-cone shaped surface 40A thereof, the capsule C is maintained correctly centered and moves in a direction substantially parallel to the direction of the axis of the perforation tips 27A, so that these form, in the base of the capsule C, holes with cross section corresponding substantially to the cross section of said tips.
  • the infusion liquid typically pressurized hot water
  • the perforators 45 When the infusion liquid (typically pressurized hot water) is fed through the capsule and delivered from the perforators 45, it pressurizes the inside of the capsule and the beverage is delivered through the holes in the perforation tips 27A.
  • Figure 9 shows what happens when, after the beverage has been dispensed, the portions 3, 5 of the infusion chamber open and move away from each other once again.
  • the disk 35 elastically stressed by the spring 41 pushes the capsule C removing it from the perforators 45 and retaining it inside the seat or compartment 25 while the portion 3 of the infusion chamber starts to move away from the portion 5.
  • the two portions 3, 5 of the infusion chamber continue to move reciprocally away from each other and the flange F of the capsule C is pushed towards the outside of the seat 25 as a result of the centering and guide member 40 which, under the thrust of the compression spring 38, moves towards the portion 3 of the infusion chamber and pushes on the flange F of the capsule C.
  • the capsule C drops downwards disengaging from the portion 5 of the infusion chamber as it is withdrawn by the movable elements 15 that engage the flange F and/or as a result of the slope of the conical surface 40A of the centering and guide member 40.
  • the drawing purely shows an example provided merely as a practical arrangement of the invention, which can vary in forms and arrangement without however departing from the scope of the concept on which the invention is based.
  • the invention can also be used with capsules or pods of different shape, which, for example, do not require perforation of both front walls, which for example are already perforated superiorly and only require perforation of the base.
  • the invention can be used each time the capsule, pod or other sachet of products to produce coffee or other food required to be guided and centered correctly.

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